ABCAnyone else feeling brainwashed to the point of shirking work and heading to Disneyland?
It was Disney night on Dancing with the Stars, and with some help from Zendaya's enthusiastic judging, that was the best night so far this season. Everyone's dancing seemed to get a big boost from the joy of corporate synergy Disney, and we officially surpassed amateur hour and headed into pro territory.
We didn't even mind the heavy pushing of Zootopia, mostly because that movie was excellent. What we're saying here is that we are drinking the Kool-Aid and we don't even care.
Unfortunately, even in the midst of all this happiness, someone had to go home. We were baffled when Jodie Sweetin found herself in the bottom two, but were less baffled when Marla Maples was sent home. She was not a bad dancer, but she was definitely one of
Marla Maples and Tony Dovolani: 28/40
Like we said…not bad, not amazing. We definitely enjoyed it the least of all, mostly because it was not a particular exciting performance.
Doug Flutie and Karina Smirnoff: 24/40
The judges didn't love it, but we actually thought Doug was a pretty solid Bert from Mary Poppins. He's only at the bottom of our list because everyone was just so damn good tonight.
Jodie Sweetin and Keo Motsepe: 27/40
Jodie made a lot of little mistakes that it was hard not to notice, even with our minimal dance knowledge, but Jodie didn't get thrown off and the performance was still enjoyable. We were, however, a little confused about all the emphasis on the Zootopia animation when they barely showed it.
Kim Fields and Sasha Farber: 32/40
Kim's joy at being praised by the judges is just our favorite. Quickstep's a bitch, but she made it look like something even we could do.
Von Miller and Witney Carson: 32/40
A true Cinderella story. Von was the ultimate Disney prince and we would so dance with him at the ball to have the Princess Diaries moment we've always dreamed of.
Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd: 34/40
Are we blushing? We feel like we're blushing. How could you not, though? Nyle was wearing hardly anything and doing back flips and butt shakes and it was really a lot. The Tarzan trashing the camp song is not even a sexy song, and this was not a sexy dance, but it was oh so adorable.
Bonus GIF:
Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess: 35/40
Hell yes, Antonio! You can almost never go wrong with a song from Aladdin, and we will just ignore the "2016 pimp" concept to say that this was the best possible way to open the show.
Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas: 36/40
Paige and Mark followed up last week's fight dance with Woody and Jessie dancing to You've Got a Friend in Me, and absolutely killed it.
Wanya Morris and Lindsay Arnold: 35/40
Dear Broadway, please put Wanya Morris on you. May we suggest The Wiz? As the lion? Aaand go!
Ginger Zee and Val Chmerkovskiy: 36/40
Speaking of Broadway, can Ginger Zee sing? Because she could play Belle in a heartbeat, and she would be the happiest Belle ever.
That was just a great night, and we're sad it's over.
Who had your favorite dance of the night? Sound off in the comments!